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German invasion into Poland:
Nazis occupied half of Poland’s territory. -
Allies declare war on Germany
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Nazi Germany. -
Nazi invasion into Lebensraum
Germany invaded Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. -
Italians occupation in East Africa
Italians took British Somaliland -
German arrival into North Africa
Erwin Rommel and first units of German Afrika Korps arrived North Africa. -
Operation Barbarossa begins
Nazi invaded the U.S.S.R -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan air forces bombed U.S territory -
U.S and U.K declared war on Japan
U.S joined the allies into war -
Auschwitz starts jew extermination
Mass murder of Jews -
Operation Torch begins
U.S invaded North Africa -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad
First big defeat by the Germans -
German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa
Axis Powers retreated from North Africa -
D-Day
U.S. and U.K. attacked coast of Normandy -
Liberation of Paris
Germans got kicked out of Paris -
Soviets reached Berlin
Russians reached the capital of German territory -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
The Führer committed suicide in his bunker marking the end of the Western War -
Atomic bombing in Japan
Atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Japanese instrument of surrender
Japan signs the surrender and officially ends the war.
